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<alt-title> Alternate Title

An alternative or different version of the title of a work.

Usage/Remarks

The alternative version of the title of a work is typically created so that the title can be processed in a specific way, for example, a short version of the title for use in a Table of Contents, an ASCII-only title for display on restricted devices, a left-running-head title for a print publication, etc.

Best Practice

This element should not be used for either the translated title <trans-title> (which is an alternative version of a title in another language) or the subtitle <subtitle> (which is an addition to the title).
Related Elements
There are several elements concerned with the title of an article, all contained within the container element <title-group> in the article metadata (<article-meta>):
  • The <article-title> is the full title of the article in the original language of the document.
  • The <subtitle> is a subordinate or auxiliary title that adds information to the full title or modifies the full title.
  • The <alt-title> is another version of an article title, usually created so that the title can be processed in a special way, for example, a short version of the title for use in a Table of Contents, an ASCII title, or a version of the title to be used in the right-running-head.
  • The <trans-title-group> is also a container element, inside the <title-group>, that holds together a translated title (<trans-title>) and its translated subtitle (<trans-subtitle>). The translated title is a version of the title translated into a language other than the original language of publication, and the matching subtitle is a version of the subtitle translated into a language other than the original language.
Attributes
alt-title-type
specific-use

Base Attributes

id
xml:base
xml:lang
Models and Context
May be contained in
<answer>, <answer-set>, <explanation>, <option>, <question>, <question-preamble>, <question-wrap-group>, <title-group>
Description
Any combination of:
Content Model
<!ELEMENT  alt-title    (#PCDATA %alt-title-elements;)*              >
Expanded Content Model

(#PCDATA | email | ext-link | uri | inline-supplementary-material | related-article | related-object | bold | fixed-case | italic | monospace | overline | roman | sans-serif | sc | strike | underline | ruby | alternatives | inline-graphic | inline-media | private-char | chem-struct | inline-formula | tex-math | mml:math | abbrev | index-term | index-term-range-end | milestone-end | milestone-start | named-content | styled-content | fn | target | xref | sub | sup | break)*

Tagged Samples
Running head 
...
<title-group>
 <article-title>Effect of Alcohol on Recurrence of
  Crohn&rsquo;s Disease</article-title>
 <alt-title alt-title-type="right-running-head">Alcohol 
  and Recurrence of Crohn&rsquo;s Disease</alt-title>
</title-group>
...
Table of Contents title 
...
<article-meta>
 <article-categories>...</article-categories>
 <title-group>
  <article-title>Characterization of the Cryptic Lambdoid 
   Prophage DLP12 of <italic>Escherichia coli</italic> and 
   Overlap of the DLP12 Integrase Gene with the tRNA Gene 
   <italic>argU</italic></article-title>
  <alt-title alt-title-type="short"><italic>E. COLI</italic> 
   DLP12 AND OVERLAP of DLP12 <italic>int</italic> WITH 
   <italic>argU</italic></alt-title>
 </title-group>
 <contrib-group>
  <contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="no">
   <name><surname>Lindsey</surname>
    <given-names>David F.</given-names></name>
  </contrib>
  <contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="no" rid="fn1">
   <name><surname>Mullin</surname>
    <given-names>David A.</given-names></name>
  </contrib>
  ...
 </contrib-group>
 <author-notes>
  <fn id="fn1"><p>Present address:  Biology Department, Tulane University,
   New Orleans, LA 70118</p></fn>
 </author-notes>
 <pub-date iso-8601-date="2004">
  <year>2004</year></pub-date>
 <fpage>13</fpage>
</article-meta>
...